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in less than two hours, the u.s. senate will convene in a rare sunday session to save key parts of the patriot act set to expire at midnight. joining me to discuss the debate in washington is juliet kayem, former assistant secretary of the department of homeland security. joining us from washington is cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. glad you re here to discuss this topic. the administration says parts of the patriot act expire at midnight. that could hurt national security. you worked in the obama administration. what is your take on this? does this really put us at risk? it doesn t put us at imminent risk. these authorities are being used and serve as a base for investigation investigations as ways to gather
americans. then they could convince every muslim that they re recruiting that the united states is against islam. it isn t true. and we don t want to play that game. so we have to be smart when we fight against this. time is on our side. big time is on our side. let s don t get panicked into doing something that makes it worse. general clark, thank you so much for joining us today with your insight. really appreciate it. all the best. thank you. now to another deadline. the patriot act set to expire tomorrow at midnight. senators will be meeting in a special session to decide whether to thwart the powers of the bill. the most controversial aspect the bulk collection ever phone records from millions of americans. those supporting the act say the government s surveillance powers shouldn t be weakened at a time when the threat from isis and other militant groups remains very high. but others believe it violates americans privacy rights. at this stage tensions remain quite high. w
debate over security verses personal freedom coming to a head with the patriot act set to expire by sunday night. the obama administration says letting the surveillance system run out is like playing rush and roulette with the security of the state. here is the statement from the white house: what you are doing essentially is playing national security rush and roulette. is this rush and roulette or not? we need to get the programs reauthorized. they are important in the war against terror and it is important to have these tools available to prevent the terrorist attacks. we have an opportunity to fix this and the broad majority of senators believe we need to
vulnerability. like i said there ought to be a vested interest to get to the bottom of this. we are trying. we have the tsa nominee for that position in front of our committee. we pressed him on it. and he is up for full review infront of the senate. senator thank you for your time. john thune, back in washington on sunday for the patriot act. thank you, sir. comparing with the mohammed cartoon contest to the n-word is that fair? we will debate that. and finding neverland. michael jackson s famous ranch could be yours. i don t want it. you and your husband and two kids. it is priced to sell.